What’s Next For Android? [Humor]

With Froyo, Google’s latest dessert-themed update to its Android mobile OS, they added even more features users were clamoring for, like wireless syncing and hotspot support. But what about future updates? We think we’ve got it figured out. More »

Google Is Leapfrogging Apple [GoogleIo]

Google is done playing catch-up. Today they’re setting the agenda: With Android Froyo, Google TV, mobile ads and streaming media, Google isn’t just matching Apple—they’re taking the lead. More »

Garmin-Asus Garminfone review

The holy matrimony between smartphone and personal navigation device just keeps getting stronger, scorning dedicated GPS units like forgotten flings and leaving navigation-free handsets wandering lost and alone. Garmin-Asus has been flirting with the perfect bond with its Nuvifone series for some time now, but rather tragically from a branding perspective its strongest attempt yet comes without the nuvi moniker. It’s the T-Mobile Garminfone, and its Android underpinnings go a long way toward making the best mix of PND and smartphone to date.

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Giz Explains: Why Using Your Phone In Another Country Costs So Damn Much [Giz Explains]

The worst part of any vacation is coming home. Not just because your fleeting glimpse of freedom is finished, but because you’ve got to pay the absurd phone bill you racked up while you were gone. Ugh. Why? More »

Why I Steal Movies… Even Ones I’m In [Piracy]

Like a billion other people, I download things illegally. I’m also an actor, writer and director whose income depends on revenue from DVDs, movies and books. This leads to many conflicts in my head, in my heart, and in bars. More »

The Best $250 Blu-ray Players, Reviewed [Battlemodo]

I’ve argued that a Blu-ray player could soon be your only set-top box. These $200-$250 models, the four fullest-featured you’re likely to buy, all strive to be Swiss Army-like in their utility, but only one comes closest to the promise. More »

The Mystery of the Orphaned Robot [Retromodo]

Deep in the bowels of an old industrial building in Brooklyn, behind a dusty steel door, stands a cylindrical device marked “DANGER.” Black rubber accordion folds separate its silver base from its rectangular top, from which protrudes The Claw. More »

36 Excuses For the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster [PhotoshopContest]

This week’s Photoshop Contest was all about finding a scapegoat for the Gulf Coast oil spill. And enough of you have blamed it on the Jersey Shore cast that I’m starting to think you’re onto something. More »

The Fastest (and Slowest) Way to Charge an iPad [Apple]

The flipside of the iPad’s seemingly inexhaustible battery life is that the length of time it takes to recharge it is best measured in epochs. Turns out, some methods work better than others. More »

Giz Explains: Why Streaming Video Over 3G Sucks [Giz Explains]

The thing about wirelessly streaming video to millions and millions of phones is that it’s, like, hard. More »